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" Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play in Olympic Games. "
Pele
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" When you are young, you do a lot of stupid things. "
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" A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, 'He's a great player', because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders. "
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" All my life I thank God. My family was very religious. "
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" Everything is practice. "
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" A penalty is a cowardly way to score. "
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" When I was minister of sport in Brazil, I tried to bring in a law that would make the chairmen of clubs reveal their accounts like other businesses. It was turned down, but I think it is an important story that will make a good film. "
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" I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know. "
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" The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world. "
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" The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying. "
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" I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.' "
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" Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. "
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" You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball. "
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" The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose one game you're out, even if you're the best. "
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" To be a striker you need to be in good shape. "
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" Pele doesn't die. Pele will never die. Pele is going to go on for ever. "
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" The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks. "
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" When I retired, at that time I had a lot of proposals to play in Europe, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico. But I said no, after 18 years I want to rest, because I want to retire. "
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" Over the years I've learnt to live with two persons in my heart. One is Edson, who has fun with his friends and family; the other is the football player Pele. I didn't want the name. 'Pele' sounds like baby-talk in Portuguese. "
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" Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. "
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" Brazil's always had great players, both at home and abroad, but we need to put all that talent together and mould a team out of it. "
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" In 1962, my injury wasn't because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn't have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I'd played two games. "
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" I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God. "
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" Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father. "
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" If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much because it's the biggest sport in the world. "
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" The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player. "
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" At 17, I already had responsibility because I took care of my family, but in the football I was young; I wasn't experienced or the captain - I was just in the team. "
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" When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don't know who your friends are. It can be a dangerous place. "
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" Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don't we? "
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" I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done. "
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